One misbehaving juror goes to jail for keeping trial notes on his phone...http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/juror-sent-to-jail-for-days-for-using-cellphone/article_ecd979b4-6d2e-501c-a291-7583c96c5e64.html
...while another in Vermont is fined $4,000 for reading newspaper articles about the trial...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/14/trial-juror-who-read-newspaper-fined-4000/71233204/
A blog about the very small percentage of jurors who fail to follow the judge's instructions, including doing independent Internet research, using social media (such as Facebook) to contact parties and lawyers, and blogging about the trial. Juror misconduct frequently results in mistrials and a waste of resources. Links will be provided to sample jury summonses, jury instructions, and other resources to improve juror education and minimize juror misconduct, thereby promoting fairness of trials.
Friday, June 19, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Juror's Cell Phone Seized When Improper Discussion of Trial With Friends Alleged; also, the Lying Juror and the Flirtatious Juror
Here is the story about the seized cell phone:
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/06/dr_neulander_juror_misconduct_hearing_delayed_until_original_sentencing_date.html
Here is the appellate opinion about the juror who was a pathological liar during voir dire. It is a long opinion but the transcript of voir dire starts at page 5:
http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d406a1a-c8be-4c52-abf9-0678ccaa8c58/1/doc/13-1388_complete_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d406a1a-c8be-4c52-abf9-0678ccaa8c58/1/hilite/
Finally, the flirtatious juror. Flirting with a criminal defendant is unbelievable!
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/saucy-juror-gets-trial-aborted-by-flirting-with-defendant/story-fnpn118l-1227386434150
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/06/dr_neulander_juror_misconduct_hearing_delayed_until_original_sentencing_date.html
Here is the appellate opinion about the juror who was a pathological liar during voir dire. It is a long opinion but the transcript of voir dire starts at page 5:
http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d406a1a-c8be-4c52-abf9-0678ccaa8c58/1/doc/13-1388_complete_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d406a1a-c8be-4c52-abf9-0678ccaa8c58/1/hilite/
Finally, the flirtatious juror. Flirting with a criminal defendant is unbelievable!
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/saucy-juror-gets-trial-aborted-by-flirting-with-defendant/story-fnpn118l-1227386434150
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